Bonnie Gail Carter

Oct 2014

LittleFreeBird

A piece of you
Reflecting back
The bitter words in your mouth
Too raw to speak
A poet is
Someone in pain
And someone in love
Someone who looks at the world
Through a kaleidoscope
Who takes a magnifying glass to each
And every
Word you say
And lets them imprint on their heart
A poet is
A star gazer
A dreamer
A chaser of
The improbable
But hopes anyway
A poet is
Tissue paper skin
A heart of glass
And a soul of titanium

A poet is
A sharp tongue
And a gentle kiss
She is a sob
He is a sigh
A poet is
The sun at midnight
Bright and
Burning
Hot
Alive
But cloaked in a darkness
They cannot shake
The brightest day
And the darkest night
A poet is
The human experience
A paradox
An oxymoron
So complicatedly
Simple

A poet is
A lover
Who refuses
To stop wearing their heart on their sleeve
No matter how much it bleeds
But rolls them up
So you can’t see
The blood stains

A poet
Is Poetry

Bonnie Gail Carter Oct 2014

ALL OF MY DAYS

My hair is turning gray.

yet still I have to say

I'll love you always.

All of the nights I've danced with you

in my eyes you'll see it's true.

You are everywhere

and even in my dreams I'll see you there.

We've never been seperated

because I would be devastated.

I promise you I will always stay.

Never will I keep you at bay.

You're my life for all of my days.

By Bonnie Gail Carter

Bonnie Gail Carter Oct 2014

MY HEART I LEAVE BEHIND

I'm not lying.

When I'm dying

loving you will be

flashing through my mind.

All of our time together

will be of utmost importance ever.

All of my memories will spill over

like a flood gate.

Knowing what's at stake

I wouldn't change it.

Our love will be for all time.

Don't worry, it'll all be fine.

My heart I leave behind.

By Bonnie Gail Carter

Bonnie Gail Carter Oct 2014

LISTEN

Why am I lonely in a crowd?

The crowds are so loud.

When I speak

my knowledge they don't seek.

Am I not seen

in the crowds I've been?

I makes me feel depressed

to be so repressed.

Listen to me, I'm talking to you!

Where is reciprication from you?

Do my words just float in space?

Can't you keep up the pace?

Is arrogance your flaw?

Is that why you don't let me talk?

Bonnie Gail Carter Oct 2014

BETRAYED

You betrayed my trust.

This much I must say

our relationship didn't turn out the way

I planned it to be.

Your lack of character shocked me.

It's my fault for falling for you

without my eyes wide open to the truth.

When I saw something that wasn't there

I should have went somewhere

far away from you.

Not only did you take my trust in you

but you left my innocence forever blue.

Bonnie Gail Carter Oct 2014

HEAT STROKE

They took me into a bar.

They started CPR.

They thought I was dead.

My heart started beating instead.

In the hospital, I awoke.

They said I had Heat Stroke.

Now I'm not afraid to die.

There I'll be looking down from the sky.

I'll be your silend angel guarding you from danger.

No, I won't be a stranger.

The wind will brush by and you'll feel me nearby.

Bonnie Gail Carter Oct 2014

RUNAWAY

All of the times you drank whiskey and beer

I became a target as you grew angrier.

With each hour that passed

I knew what my fate would be at last.

You didn't allow me to wear make-up.

Perhaps you was afraid we would break up.

My clothing had to be loose-fitting

or you would take your knife and slit them.

You had to be in control of everything

or you would beat me like I wasn't worth anything.

It took all of my courage to runaway

but I'm free from fear today.